Chapter 450 Never Tell Lies
Cui Xi saw the little girl being dragged away, and the people around her looked at her with awe in their eyes.
That look was exactly the same as the one she had given Nanny Wu in the past.
Cui Xi was very pleased. She pointed at the maid who was dragged away, raised her head and chest, glanced at the others, and said loudly: "You all have to work hard for me in the future. When the matter is done, I will naturally not treat you unfairly!"
The few people following Cui Xi had originally hoped to rise to prominence with her help, but when they saw the miserable end of the little maid, they could only nod and say "yes".
But deep down, they had already made up their minds that they must not get too close to Cui Xi in the future.
Cui Xi was completely unaware. She just looked at the man lying on the ground, frowned in disgust, and ordered, "Take this man to the woodshed first!"
After hearing this, the few people who had originally planned to follow Cui Xi looked at each other.
"Sister Cui Xi, I still have work to do, so I'll be leaving now!"
"Miss Cuixi, there's still some firewood to be chopped behind the kitchen. I have to go back to work!"
"Sister Cui Xi, I have something waiting for me over there. If I delay any longer, the housekeeper will punish me!"
The group of people who had been following Cui Xi in a menacing manner just now scattered like birds and beasts in the blink of an eye.
Cui Xi looked at the people who had been gathering around her and saw them all running away in an instant. She stood there in a daze, dumbfounded.
Side yard
With the help of a little maid, Madam Wu walked into the house with difficulty and unsteady steps.
Every step she took felt like she was walking on cotton, soft and weak. The dense beads of sweat on her forehead flickered in the dim light and slowly slid down her cheeks, which were full of traces of time.
After finally reaching the bed, she slowly lay down as if relieved. Her whole body seemed to have been drained of all its strength and bones, and she collapsed on the bed. Her clothes had already been soaked with cold sweat and stuck tightly to her back, making her look extremely miserable.
The little maid who was supporting her beside her had an expression of indignation on her face.
Her almond-shaped eyes were wide open, full of anger. She couldn't help but stand up for her own nanny. Her voice was trembling and unwilling as she muttered, "Cui Xi is such an ungrateful person! Nanny, you dragged your injured body, but you were still worried about her, afraid that she would act rashly and make mistakes, causing the princess to punish you. You dragged your sick body and hobbled all the way to give her advice, but she not only didn't appreciate it, but also treated you so cruelly. Is there any justice in this world? It's really abominable!"
Madam Wu was lying there, breathing weakly. When she heard the maid's complaint, she shook her head gently. Although her voice was soft, it revealed a sense of relief after having experienced many vicissitudes of life: "Forget it, forget it. After all, we have known each other for a while. I have tried my best to say and do what I should do. Whatever she wants to do in the future is her fate. I am no longer able to control it. Let her be."
As she spoke, she slowly closed her eyes, her fatigue evident.
The little maid cursed a few more times in a low voice, her words full of disdain for Cui Xi.
At this moment, she raised her eyes and saw that Nanny Wu's face was becoming paler due to the pain, beads of sweat the size of beans kept rolling down her forehead, and her lips were trembling slightly due to the pain.
The little maidservant's heart tightened, and she said hurriedly, "Mammy, please bear with it for now. I'll get you some ointment. Apply it, and maybe you'll feel better."
Nanny Wu nodded slightly and responded weakly.
The little maid turned around and hurried out.
Not long after, she came back, but this time her expression was full of disgust, yet also with a hint of imperceptible gloating.
Before Madam Wu could ask, the little maid seemed to have a lot to say, and couldn't wait to say, "Madam, guess what? After you reminded her, Cui Xi was as hard as a rock in front of you, but as soon as we left, she pushed all the faults onto a little girl.
The little girl had only been in the mansion for a few months. She was diligent and hardworking on weekdays, but she became a scapegoat for no apparent reason and lost her life.
The people around Cui Xi originally wanted to use her to climb up the social ladder, but when they saw how ruthless she was, they were all scared and worried that they would end up like her one day, so they were unwilling to follow her anymore.
Now, she is the only one left facing the prisoner, anxious like an ant on a hot pot, but she has no idea what to do, so she is just standing there anxiously.
Nanny Wu sighed slightly and said quietly, "Forget it, the relationship between her and me ends here!"
After the maidservant applied medicine on her back, Nanny Wu's thoughts involuntarily drifted to Cui Xi's matter.
But this time, she was not thinking about whether Cui Xi would offend the eldest princess, but what kind of hidden meaning was behind the eldest princess driving Cui Xi to do this.
The more she thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed to Wu. No matter what action the princess wanted to take against Lin Miaoyin, she would never choose something that would easily irritate Lin Miaoyin.
Could it be that...
Nanny Wu was startled. If she hadn't been injured, she would have been the one to handle this matter. Then...
This is clearly a dead end move!
If I hadn't been injured by accident, wouldn't I be the one going to die now?
The eldest princess actually wanted to kill herself!
As this thought flashed through her mind, a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on Nanny Wu's back.
The maidservant beside her saw that she looked strange and thought that the pain from the wound was unbearable, so she asked with concern, "Mammy, do you want to ask the palace doctor to come and take a look?"
Nanny Wu pretended not to hear it, and suddenly remembered that Xie Dan had asked her to conceal the misdiagnosis.
Now that he thought about it carefully, Xie Dan, like himself, was an old man in the Princess's mansion and was familiar with the princess's temperament. How could he have the idea of asking her to keep it secret for no reason?
After realizing this, Nanny Wu felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave. She was shocked to realize that Xie Dan had actually tricked her!
Suppressing the fear in her heart, Nanny Wu reluctantly stood up and waved to the little maid beside her: "Go, find Cui Xi, and find a way to tell her that she doesn't need to send the person to the princess. She only needs to spread the news that the injured person is in her hands, and Lin Miaoyin will naturally come to her! This way she doesn't have to worry about offending the princess!"
The little maidservant was a little unhappy: "Mammy, she treated you like that, and you still want to help her?"
Nanny Wu waved her hands feebly: "I'm not helping her, I'm helping myself!"
After a pause, she remembered that the princess now disliked her, and then instructed the little maid: "If the princess sends someone to ask you why you went to mention Cui Xi, you should say that I said it! If...if the princess asks you what you think, you should either say that you don't know, or say that you disagree. Remember, you must never lie to the princess!"
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